WEBVTT MIKE PARSON WAS SWORN-IN LATE IN THE DAY. OUR MICHEAL MAHONEY IS STILL IN JEFFERSON CITY TONIGHT. HE WAS THERE WHEN PARSON TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AT THE STATE CAPITOL. >> I, MIKE PARSON MICHEAL: THE WHOLE THING TOOK LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. A SUBDUED END TO A STORMY WEEK. FRIDAY MORNING, A MOVING VAN LOADED UP THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF THE GREITENS FAMILY AND TOOK THEM BACK TO THE ST. LOUIS AREA. IN HIS FINALHOURS GRIETENS SIGN BILLS INTO LAW INCLUDING ONES MAKING REVENGE PORN A CRIME AND THE SAME FOR FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS. AND THE DISGRACED FORMER GOVERNOR IS STILL FIGHTING TO PREVENT THE RECORDS OF HIS POLITICAL GROUPS FROM COMING OUT. CRITICS THINK THEY MAY BE FILLED WITH CAMPAIGN VIOLATIONS. THAT BATTLES CONTINUES. >> THANK OU. MICHEAL: BUT THAT WAS PUT ASIDE FOR PARSON’S TRANSITION TO POWE AS HE SET OUT HIS GOALS, >> TO BRING HONOR, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. MICHEAL: THE NEW GOVENOR HAS TO SIGN SOME PAPERS TO COMPLETE THE TRANASITION OF POWER. IN ANOTHER CONTRAST TO GOVERNOR GRIETENS, WHO PROUDLY CLAIMED HIS STATUS AS A POLITICAL OUTSIDER WHILE PARSON TALKS OF BEING AN INSIDER, >> AND I THINK BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND I’VE GOT SOME HISTORY HERE IN THIS BUILDING WITH THE LEGISLATURES BOTH IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. MICHEAL: NONE OF IS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO WERE HERE SEEMED SURPRISED PARSON GAVE ’COME TOGETHER’ SPEECH CALLING FOR HONESTY INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY, THOSE 3 WORDS, HONESTY, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY MAY THE GOAL, THE EARLY GOALS OF GOVERNOR MIKE PARS

The 62-year-old Parson is a cattle farmer who spent 12 years as a county sheriff and another dozen years in the Missouri Legislature before winning election as lieutenant governor in 2016.

The Missouri Constitution automatically elevates the lieutenant governor when the governor leaves office.

Parson will serve the remainder of Greitens' term, which runs until 2021.

Greitens had been facing allegations of sexual misconduct related to a 2015 affair and accusations of campaign finance violations. He denied criminal wrongdoing but cited growing financial and personal strains from the investigations.